Cheoseo means the heat ceases. The swelter breaks and a cool autumn air begins to settle in.
Cheoseo, around August 23, is when the heat retreats. The saying "after Cheoseo even a mosquito's mouth goes crooked" is well known.
Mornings and evenings turn cool and the sky grows high. Grass stops growing, so this is the time to clear graves.
People aired out clothes and books grown damp over the summer (posae). Grave-clearing and harvest preparations begin now.
Dry out clothes and bedding damp from the rains
Prepare for grave-clearing and ancestral visits
Manage immunity in the changing season
Sow autumn crops
Adjacent terms:
End of Heat is the 14th of the 24 solar terms, falling around around August 23. The heat retreats. "After Cheoseo, even a mosquito's mouth goes crooked."
Cheoseo means the heat ceases. The swelter breaks and a cool autumn air begins to settle in.
Dry out clothes and bedding damp from the rains Prepare for grave-clearing and ancestral visits Manage immunity in the changing season Sow autumn crops